Hell, The Devil, And How to Sell Your Soul

Hell, the Devil, and How to Sell Your Soul Satan has certainly been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years. The false doctrine of Hell and the Devil has al lowed the Protestant and Catholic Churches to flourish far too long. Without a D evil to point their fingers at, religionists of the right hand path would have n othing with which to threaten their followers. "Satan leads you to temptation," ; "Satan is the prince of evil,"; "Satan is vicious, cruel, brutal," they warn. "If you give in to the temptations of the Devil, you will surely suffer eternal damnation and roast in Hell." The semantic meaning of Satan is the "adversary" or "opposition" or the "accuser ." The very word "devil" comes from the Indian devil which means "god". Satan re presents opposition to all religions which serve to frustrate and condemn man fo r his natural instincts. He has been given an evil role simply because he repres ents the carnal, the earthly, and mundane aspects of life. Satan, the chief devil of the Western World, was originally an angel whose duty was to report human deficiencies to God. It was not until the Fourteenth Century that he began to be depicted as an evil deity who was part man and part animal, with goat-like horns and hooves. Before Christianity gave him the names of Sata n, Lucifer, etc., the carnal side of mans nature was governed by the god which w as then called Dionysis, or Pan, depicted as a satyr or faun, by the Greeks. Pan was originally the "good guy," and symbolized fertility and fecundity. Whenever a nation comes under a new form of government, the heroes of the past b ecome the villains of the present. So it is with religion. The earliest Christia ns believed that the pagan deities were devils, and to employ them was to use"bl ack magic." Miraculous heavenly events they termed "white magic"; this was the s oul distinction between the two. The old gods did not die, they fell into Hell a nd became devils. The bogey, goblin, or bugaboo used to frighten children is der ived from the Slovonic "Bog" which means "god,"as does Bhaga in Hindu. Many pleasures revered before the advent of Christianity were condemned by the n ew religion. It required little changeover to transform the horns and cloven hoo ves of Pan into a most convincing devil! Pan's attributes could be neatly change d into charged-with-punishment sins, and so the metamorphosis was complete. The association of the goat with the devil is found in the Christian Bible, wher e the holiest day of the year, the Day of Atonement, was celebrated by casting l ots for two goats "without blemish," one to be offered to the Lord, and one to A zazel. The goat carring the sins of the people was driven into the desert and be came the "scapegoat." This is the origin of the goat which is still used in lodg e ceremonies today as it was also used in Egypt , where once a year it is sacrif iced to a God. The devils of mankind are many, and their origins diversified. The Performance o f Satanic Ritual does not embrace the calling forth of demons; this practice is followed only those who are in fear of the very forces they conjure. Supposedly, demons are malevolent spirits with attributes conductive to the dete rioration of the people or events that they touch upon. The Greek word demon mea nt a guardian spirit or source of inspiration, and to be sure, later theologians invented legion upon legion of these harbingers of inspiration -- all wicked. An indication of the cowardice of "magicians" of the right-hand path is the prac tice of calling upon a particular demon (who would supposedly be a minion of the devil) to do his bidding. The assumption is that the demon, being only a flunky of the devil, is easier to control. Occult lore states that only the most formi dably "protected" or insanely fool-hearted sorcerer would try to call forth the

Devil himself. The Satanist does not furtively call upon these "lesser" devils, but brazenly in volkes those of that infernal army of long-standing outrage -- the Devils themse lves. Theologians have cataloged some of the names of devils in their lists of demons, as might be expected, but the roster contains the names of the most effectively used in Satanic ritual. These are the names and origins of the Gods and Goddess es called upon, which make up a large part of the occupancy of the Royal Palace of Hell: The Four Crown Princes of Hell SATAN -- (Hebrew) adversary, opposite, accuser, Lord of fire, the inferno, the s outh LUCIFER -- (Roman) bringer of light, enlightenment, the air, the morning star, t he east BELIAL -- (Hebrew) without a master, baseness of the earth, independence, the no rth LEVIATHAN -- (Hebrew) the serpent out of the deeps, the sea, the west The Infernal Names Abaddon -- (Hebrew) the destroyer Adramelech -- Samarian devil Ahpuch -- Mayan devil Ahriman -- Mazdean devil Amon -- Egyptian ram-headed god of life and reproduction Apollyon -- Greek synonym for Satan, the arch fiend Asmodeus -- Hebrew devil of sensuality and luxury, originally "creature of judge ment" Astaroth -- Phoenician goddess of lasciviousness, equivalent of Babylonian Ishta r Azazel -- (Hebrew) taught man to make weapons of war, introduced cosmetics Baalberith -- Canaanite Lord of the covenant who was later made a devil Balaam -- Hebrew devil of avarice and greed Baphomet -- worshipped by the Templars as symbolic of Satan Bast -- Egyptian goddessof pleasure represented by the cat Beelzebub -- (Hebrew) Lord of the Flies, taken from symbolism of the scarab Beheboth -- Hebrew personification of Satan in the form of an Elephant Beherit -- Syriac name for Satan Bilé -- Celtic god of Hell Chemosh -- national god of Moabites, later a devil Cimeries -- rides a black horse and rules Africa Coyote -- American Indian devil Dagon -- Philistine avenging devil of the sea Damballa -- Voodoo serpent god Demogorgon -- Greek name of the devil, it is said should not be known to mortals Diabolus -- (Greek) "flowing downwards" Dracula -- Romanian name for devil Emma-O -- Japanese ruler of Hell Euronymous -- Greek prince of Death Fenriz -- Son of Loki, depicted as a wolf Gorgo -- dim. of Demogorgon, Greek name of the Devil Haborym -- Hebrew synonym for Satan Hecate -- Greek goddess of the underworld and witchcraft Ishtar -- Babylonian goddess of fertility Kali -- (Hindu) daughter of Shiva, high priestess of the Thuggees Lilith -- Hebrew female devil, Adam's first wife who taught him the ropes

Loki -- Teutonic devil Mammon -- Aramaic god of wealth and profit Mania -- Etruscan goddess of Hell Mantus -- Etruscan god of Hell Marduk -- God of the city of Babylon Mastema -- Hebrew synonym for Satan Melek Taus -- Yezidi devil Mephistopheles -- (Greek) he who shuns the light, q. v. Faust Metztli -- Aztec goddess of the night Mictian -- Aztec god of death Midgart -- son of Loki, depicted as a serpent Milcom -- Ammonite devil Moloch -- Phoenician and Canaanite devil Mormo -- (Greek) King of the Ghouls, consort of Hecate Naamah -- Hebrew female devil of seduction Nergal -- Babylonian god of Hades Nihasa -- American Indian devil Nija -- Polish god of the underworld O-Yama -- Japanese name for Satan Pan -- Greek god of lust, later relegated to devildom Pluto -- Greek god of the underworld Proserpine -- Greek queen of the underworld Pwcca -- Welsh name for Satan Rimmon -- Syrian devil worshipped at Damascus Sabazios -- Phrygian origin, identified with Dionysos, snake worship Saitan -- Enochian equivalent of Satan Sammael -- (Hebrew) "venom of God" Samnu -- Central Asian devil Sedit -- American Indian devil Sekhmet -- Egyptian goddess of vengeance Set -- Egyptian devil Shaitan -- Arabic name for Satan Shiva -- (Hindu) the destroyer Supay -- Inca god of the underworld T'an-mo -- Chinese counterpart to the devil, covetousness, desire Tchort -- Russian name for Satan, "black god" Tezcatlipoca -- Aztec god of Hell Thamuz -- Sumerian god who later was relegated to devildom Thoth -- Egyptian god of magic Tunrida -- Scandinavian female devil Typhon -- Greek personification of Satan Yaotzin -- Aztec god of Hell Yen-lo-Wang -- Chinese ruler of Hell The devils of past religions have always, at least in part, had animal character istics, evidence of man's constant need to deny that he too is an animal, for to do so would serve a mighty blow to his impoverished ego. The pig was despised by the Jews and the Egyptians. It symbolized the gods Frey, Osiris, Adonis, Persephone, Attis, and Demeter, and was sacrificed to Osiris an d the Moon. But, in time, it became degraded into a devil. The Phoenicians worsh ipped a fly god, Baal, from wich comes the devil, Beelzebub. Both Baal and Beelz ebub are identical to the dung beetle or scarabaeus of the Egyptians which appea red to resurrect itself, much as the mythical bird, the phoenix, rose from its o wn ashes. The ancient Jews believed, through their contact with the Persians, th at the two great forces in the world were Ahura-Mazda, the god of fire, light, l ife, and goodness; and Ahriman, the serpent, the god of darkness, destruction, d eath, and evil. These, and countless other examples, not only depict man's devil s as animals, but also show his need to sacrifice the original animal gods and d emote them to his devils.

At the time of the Reformation, in the Sixteenth Century, the alchemist, Dr. Joh ann Faustus, discovered a method of summoning a demon -- Mephistopheles -- from Hell and making a pact with him. He signed a contract in blood to turn his soul over to Mephistopheles in return for the feeling of youth, and at once became yo ung. When the time came for Fautus to die, he retired to his room and was blown to bits as though his laboratory had exploded. This story is a protest of the ti mes (the Sixteenth Century) against science, chemistry, and magic. To become a Satanist, it is unnecessary to sell your soul to the Devil or to mak e a pact with Satan. This threat was devised by Christianity to terrorize people so they would not stray from the fold. With scolding fingers and trembling voic es, they taught their followers that if they gave in to the temptations of Satan , and lived their lives according to their natural predilections, they would hav e to pay for their sinful pleasures by giving their souls to Satan and suffering in Hell for all eternity. People were led to believe that a pure soul was a pas sport to everlasting life. Pious prophets have taught man to fear Satan. But what of terms like "God fearin g"? If God is so mercifull, why do people have to fear him? Are we to believe th ere is nowhere we can turn to escape fear? If you have to fear God, why not be " Satan fearing" and at least have the fun that being God fearing denies you? With out such wholesale fear religionists would have had nothing with which to wield power over their followers. The Teutonic Goddess of Dead and daughter of Loki was named Hel, a pagan god of torture and punishment. Another "L" was added when the books of the Old Testamen t were formulated. The prophets who wrote the Bible did not know the word "Hell" ; They used the Hebrew Sheol and the Greek Hades, which meant the grave; also th e Greek Tartaros, which was the adobe of fallen angels, the underworld (inside t he earth), and Gehenna, which was a valley near Jerusalem where Moloch reigned a nd garbage was dumped and burned. It is from this that the Christian Church has evolved the idea of "fire and brimstone" in Hell. The Protestant Hell and the Catholic Hell are places of eternal punishment; howe ver, the Catholics also believed there is a "Purgatory" where all souls go for a time, and a "Limbo" where unbaptized souls go. The Buddhist Hell is divided int o eight sections, the first seven of which can be expiated. The ecclesiastical d escription of Hell is that of a horrible place of fire and torment; in Dante's I nferno, and in northern climes, it was thought to be an icy cold region, a giant refrigerator. (Even with the threats of eternal damnation and soul roasting, Christian mission aries have run across some who were not so quick to swallow their drivel. Pleasu re and pain, like beauty, are in the eye of the beholder. So, when missionaries ventured to Alaska and warned the Eskimos of the horrors of Hell and the blazing lake of fire awaiting transgressors, they eagerly asked: "How do we get there?" !) Most Satanists do not accept Satan as an anthopomorphic being with clooven hoove s, a barbed tail, and horns. He merely represents a force of nature -- the power s of darkness which have been named just that because no religion has taken thes e forces out of the darkness. Nor has science been able to apply technical termi nology to this force. It is an untapped reservoir that few can make use of becau se they lack the ability to use a tool without having to first break down and la bel all the parts which make it run. It is this incessant need to analyze which prohibits most people from taking advantage of this many faceted key to the unkn own -- which the Satanist chooses to call "Satan." Satan, as a god, demi-god, personal saviour, or whatever you wish to call him, w

as invented by the formulators of every religion on the face of the earth for on ly one purpose -- to preside over man's so-called wicked activities and situatio ns here on earth. Consequently, anything resulting in physical or mental gratifi cation was defined as "evil" -- thus assuring a lifetime of unwarranted guilt fo r everyone! So, if "evil" they have named us, evil we are -- and so what! The Satanic Age is upon us! Why not take advantage of it and LIVE! * -* (evil reversed)